Take a look at .357 Sig caliber before you get a .40 caliber. It's a 9mm projectile on a .40 caliber brass. It's the choice of quite many LE agencies. I have two .357 Sigs (along with two 9mm's) and love 'em.

Why would you want a .40 they are all plagued with being either under power for the weight of the gun or having a lot of muzzel jump and just ....lacking in general either get a .45 or stick with the 9mm...the .40 smith & wesson was created due to the fact that there are more female police officers out there and was targeted at police departments who primarily use .45 ACP as a carry weapon well its been 15 years and the 9mm has become the predominant handgun round in the universe.FYI i know alot of cops male and female they all hate the .40 s&w they either still carry .45 ACP or they carry a 9mm mall security guards don't even like them it was a nice idea that fizzeled out along time ago don't waste your money

Sir I must disagree. The 40S&W was the result of the infamous FBI shootout in Miami where several officers failed to neutralize 2 criminals with their .357 revolvers loaded with .38+P and 9mm pistols and were later shot themselves. Because of this incident, the FBI felt they needed a more powerful ammo.

That was the birth of the 10mm by a fellow by the name of Cooper and the Bren handgun. Unfortunately for them, they took a long time to put the caliber into the market. S&W saw the opportunity to make a round with the same diameter but shorter (and smaller primer) thus making the grip of the gun smaller. That was the birth of the .40S&W and had nothing to do with female police officers.

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Your opinion, my experience shows that it doesn't give up much to a 45 ACP. The main reason I went with 40 S&W is that no 45 ACP ammo was available at the time I needed a firearm for CCW and now with even 40 S&W ammo next to impossible to get a hold of I'm very glad I went to that caliber because I stocked up with plenty of ammo at very decent prices. And as for "Snappy", it's never bothered me but then I started out shooting 44 mag single action revolvers so recoil never seemed to be a big deal for me.

Take a look at .357 Sig caliber before you get a .40 caliber. It's a 9mm projectile on a .40 caliber brass. It's the choice of quite many LE agencies. I have two .357 Sigs (along with two 9mm's) and love 'em.

Here in the S.W. corner of Oregon almost all of the LEO's use 40 S&W, 357 Sig ammo is rare to be seen here. What's interesting is that my Cougar 40's magazines will take 357 Sig ammo so if I wanted to get a barrel in 357 Sig, if available, they would work.